My journey with yoga began in 1994 when my general practitioner, who was attuned to yoga, gave me good advice and said that yoga would be good for me in terms of breathing, relaxation and overall health.
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Will yoga and other natural therapies ever be covered by private health insurance again?
In 2017 Iyengar Yoga Australia (IYA) protested the scrapping of private health coverage for 16 natural health therapies including yoga, effective from 2019, because we objected to the basis of the decision – namely that there was not enough scientific evidence to show yoga works. The National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Review of […]
Retreating to go forward – going away on a yoga retreat
20 Years of the Yoga Nook – Linda’s speech from the 20th anniversary party
Thanks everyone for coming to our 20th anniversary Christmas Party! It’s lovely to see you here. Some of us have grown up together, and some of us most likely will grow old together! We’ve brought up children, farewelled parents, and been through a pandemic together. Some of you have become teachers and now we are welcoming […]
Two day Iyengar Yoga Retreat September 15-17, 2023
Retreat was great Here are some photos from 15-17 September Retreat. This is a weekend retreat at Yanada, in St Albans, a 90 minute drive from Sydney. We’ll start with a restorative class on Friday evening followed by a delicious supper, an asana class on Saturday and Sunday mornings followed by brunch/lunch and a restorative […]
Great Keppel Island Yoga Retreat 7-12 August 2026
Guruji’s 100 Years
The following is an excerpt from an article I wrote a while ago for Australian Yoga Life, to celebrate Mr Iyengar’s centenary in 2018. You can download the entire article here. “In 1918, 100 years ago, the deadly Spanish flu pandemic swept across the world, killing 30 million people, 17 million of them in India. […]
Winter warmer recipe
Yoga, deep time and deep humanity
Last time I went camping I was reading Deep Time Dreaming by Billy Griffiths, in which he explains that deep time is beyond human comprehension. Surrounded by the stillness of the land, I got to thinking – perhaps the deep beauty of nature and the deep humanity of life itself are also beyond the capacity of […]